Women's golf places fourth at SECs

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Georgia's Marta Silva Zamora missed her chance to repeat as the conference champion after bogeying three of the last five holes Sunday in the final round of the SEC championships.

The string of bogeys left her one stroke shy of a playoff for the title.

The No. 15-ranked Bulldogs shot 5-over 289 and finished fourth in the team standings, 12 shots behind Alabama's tourney-winning total

Silva Zamora finished at 2 over on the day, but 4 under for the tournament.

Georgia also counted a 2-under 69 from Carolina Andrade, an even-par 71 from Emilie Burger and a 76 from Kendall Wright.

The No. 6-ranked Crimson Tide earned its first-ever SEC title in women's golf after closing with a 1-under 283 to finish at 4-under 848 overall. No. 20 Vanderbilt was second at 852, followed by Arkansas at 859.

Vanderbilt's Marina Alex claimed the individual title on the second hole of a playoff with Tennessee's Erica Popson.